The Xiaomi 12S Ultra arrived on the Chinese market a little over a month ago as the best mobile phone ever made by Xiaomi. Its features are impressive, but the important thing is their cameras.

Xiaomi joined Leica to make the 12S Ultra and the results surprised all of us who had the opportunity to test the mobile as it will not be sold in Europe. Yeah it’s over now one of the most comprehensive examsand it doesn’t seem to exceed all expectations.

Outstanding, yes, but behind the previous generation

DxOMark is a famous website, in addition to a company that focuses on image processing software. evaluates the capabilities of the cameras of all mobile phones from the market.

Xiaomi 12S Ultra has just passed the rigorous tests of this independent lab and has caused controversy many times for the results he scored, and while his reputation is impeccable, these scores must be handled with precision, because testing is done in controlled scenarios and under strict standards and standards.

In the world ranking, the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra ranks third only behind Huawei and Honor with 143 points; however Xiaomi 12S Ultra remains fifth, two places below the previous generation.

DxOMark highlights the strengths of Xiaomi 12S Ultra cameras exposure and autofocus (both day and night), a great range of HDR and good quality of zoomIncrements reaching 120.

However, on the contrary, the laboratory discovered that telephoto lens has unstable focus and exposureThe final result of HDR is not seen before the photo is taken, and backlit images have little contrastespecially on darker skin tones.

Xiaomi 12S Ultra from 18 evaluated parts outperforms the previous generation by only fiveprobably most of these issues that DxOMark mentions can be fixed in a future update.

Other factors should also be taken into account: unlike the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra, this mobile will not finally reach Europe, so your software is more limited.

It is also the first device to feature Sony’s IMX969 sensor, biggest ever, so Xiaomi took a lot of risk. It will be a matter of time before it manages to enter the top 3 and take a position from the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra, even for future generations.